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Philosopher Solomon pointed out that emotions follow reasoning hand-in-hand, quite reliably.
If you think someone's stolen from you, you feel angry. If you find out they didn't steal from you, you stop being angry at them. Perhaps you become angry at yourself for losing the item, but again -that's reasoning coming into play.
Emotions seem part of a judgement at every point. When your friend starts talking about how great someone is, you might conclude they're having romantic feelings, because part of loving someone is thinking they're great (if things are going well).
Even when someone's feeling 'just generally irritated', this usually translates to persitently judging things to be bad - thinking their government, or the kids' music, and the latest TV shows are bad.
Judgement can be irrational, and the emotions will follow suit, but to feel happy that you're going to see an old friend doesn't seem at all irrational.